ILLOCUTIONARY ACTS IN RETNO MARSUDI’S SPEECH AT THE GENERAL DEBATE OF THE 78 TH SESSION OF THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Dwi Nova Putri, Rossa. 2024. Illocutionary Acts in Retno Marsudi’s Speech at the
General Debate of the 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly.
Final Project, English Education Study Program, Faculty of Language and Arts
Education, Universitas PGRI Semarang. Advisor I: Entika Fani Prastikawati,
S.Pd., M.Pd., Advisor II: Faiza Hawa, S.Pd., M.Hum.
Keywords: speech, speech act, illocutionary acts
This study focuses on analyzing the illocutionary acts present in Retno Marsudi’s
speech during the general debate of the 78th session of the United Nations
General Assembly. This study aims to describe the types of illocutionary acts
employed, discerning the most and least frequent types as well as their
implications. The data were analyzed by the descriptive qualitative method, and
collected by finding out the video, watching the video, transcribing the speech
video, and then identifying the data that were related to the theory. The writers
used Searle’s theory for the types of illocutionary acts, which categorizes
illocutionary acts into five types: representative, directive, commissive,
expressive, and declarative. The findings from the study revealed that there are a
total of 87 data points found in the speech, with directive acts being the most
dominant with a total of 37 (42,5%), followed by representative at 27 (31%),
commissive at 13 (15%), declarative at 6 (6,9%), and expressive being the least
dominant at 4 (4,6%). The findings indicate that directive acts are primarily used
to convey urgent messages and prompt action, while expressive acts are the least
dominant, reflecting Retno Marsudi’s emphasis on advocating for action rather
than expressing personal emotions or attitudes.